cathexes needs no unscrambling at all — the eight-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 20 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 146 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
cathexes is the highest-scoring word from cathexes, worth 20 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 146 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one eight-letter word uses the letters in cathexes — and it is cathexes itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 20 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in cathexes produces 2 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with teaches. For points, the strongest plays are escheat and teaches — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling cathexes turns up 9 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with cheats. For points, the strongest plays are exacts and exsect — each worth 15 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 31 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in cathexes. If a familiar word is all you need, start with cease, chase, chats, cheat, chest, exact, and hates. For points, the strongest play is hexes — worth 15 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in cathexes produces 51 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with acts, case, cash, cast, cats, chat, and each. For points, the strongest play is exec — worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling cathexes turns up 38 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with act, ash, ate, cat, eat, has, and hat. For points, the strongest play is hex — worth 13 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 14 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in cathexes. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ah, as, at, eh, ex, ha, and he. For points, the strongest plays are ax and ex — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Swap a single tile in cathexes and you get a different eight-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 7 of the 8 letters, not all of them.
cathexes is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, and in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it's playable exactly as it stands and needs no unscrambling.
Both totals match, because every tile in cathexes carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
cathexes is the only eight-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing cathexes unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is cathexes, worth 20 points in Scrabble, and no other word from cathexes earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in cathexes produce 146 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 eight-letter word, 2 seven-letter words, 9 six-letter words, 31 five-letter words, 51 four-letter words, 38 three-letter words and 14 two-letter words.